Land Use Data for Latitude 49.25 Longitude 5.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Esch/Alzette South-east ETANG DE LACHAUSSEE ET ZONES VOISINES Etangs de la Woëvre: la Chaussée FORETS ET ZONES HUMIDES DU PAYS DE SPINCOURT Fresnes-en-Woëvre-Mars-la-Tour Jarny - Mars-la-Tour Val de Chiers et environs de Spincourt |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Potatoes
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
02 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Amermont Mine | Iron |
| Amermont-Dommary (Underground) | Iron |
| Arbed Mines (Surface-Underground) | Iron |
| Bazailles (Underground) | Iron |
| Burbach (Underground) | Iron |
| Errouville (Underground) | Iron |
| Ferdinand (Underground) | Iron |
| Giraumont (Underground) | Iron |
| Godbrange (Underground) | Iron |
| Jarny (Underground) | Iron |
| Joudreville (Underground) | Iron |
| La Paix-Bassompierre (Underground) | Iron |
| Mairy (Underground) | Iron |
| Moineville (Underground) | Iron |
| Piennes (Underground) | Iron |
| Rodange-Athus (Surface-Underground) | Iron |
| Serrouville (Underground) | Iron |
Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.
